HOUSTON — The big-rig truck was full of cats. Theo, who had a bit of a sneeze. Vennessa, who was acting like a diva. Two Thomases. And Buck, who, to everyone’s surprise, was a girl. They had been living in shelters in southeast Texas. But with Hurricane Harvey leaving untold numbers of family pets stranded, […]
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The World We Share, USAA petition asking the White House to declare liberal bankroller George Soros a domestic terrorist has garnered over 100,000 signatures, or more than enough to necessitate a response from the Trump administration. The petition was posted on the “We the People” section of the White House website Aug. 20 and needed to crack the 100,000-signature
SALT LAKE CITY – The mayor of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake City police are apologizing after reports and a video surfaced of a detective arresting a nurse for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that bodycam footage and video from University Hospital show Detective
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USAIn a stunning filing last night, the Department of Justice stated in a court case that neither the FBI nor its National Security Division ever wiretapped Trump Tower, contradicting a bombshell claim President Trump made in a series of early morning tweets on March 4. The document is the first time the Department of Justice
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USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France –Although we’re coming to the end of our vacation in France we have not been cut off from happenings in the rest of the world, specifically Israel and England. Summer in Israel is always hot and this year it seems to have been hotter than usual, at least according to
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastLOS ANGELES — Shelley Berman, who tapped into the neuroses and frustrations of post-World War II America and brought an actor’s sensibility to his monologues to become one of the top comedians of the late 1950s and early ’60s, died Friday at his home near Thousand Oaks. Berman, who acted throughout his career and had
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIsrael on Friday welcomed the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in neighbouring Lebanon amid US pressure for the blue berets to take action against Hezbollah militants. The text of the UN resolution on renewing for a year the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had been the subject
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International, Middle EastA 93-year-old widow from the United States has donated $22 million to the zoo in Cologne, Germany, saying she wanted to give back to the city where she and her husband met during World War II, German media reported Friday. “We never forgot Cologne,” Elizabeth Reichert told the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper by phone from her
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International, The World We ShareThe Pope’s past continues to be a source of surprises after a new book revealed that he previously took weekly psychoanalysis sessions to “clarify a few things.” The former nightclub bouncer and chemical engineer discussed this previously unknown chapter in his life—along with many more—in a series of interviews with French sociologist, Dominique Wolton. Their
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InternationalAnti-Semitic graffiti was found on Friday in the city of Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto. The phrase “Hitler was right!” was spray painted in neon orange paint on a concrete construction barrier on Highway 400 near Bass Pro Mills Drive, according to Toronto radio station 680 News. The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) released
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InternationalChristian Kern, Austria”s Social Democrat Chancellor, employed an Israeli campaign strategist who in the past worked for the Jewish Home and crafted right-wing ad campaigns targeting left-wing groups, German media outlets revealed recently. Moshe Klughaft, 37, served a number of Israeli clients in the past, including model-turned-MK Pnina Rosenblum (Likud), a group of reservist soldiers
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — The White House promised a decision Tuesday on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as the nation’s business, religious and congressional leaders urged President Donald Trump to save the program that shields young immigrants from deportation and provides work permits for employment. “We love the Dreamers,” Trump said during an event Friday
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USAJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Kenyan opposition strongholds erupted in jubilant celebrations Friday after the Supreme Court nullified the result of last month’s presidential election, won by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta. Chief Justice David Maraga said the Aug. 8 election was not conducted in accordance with the constitution. Four of the six justices found that irregularities had
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InternationalMarilyn Vann always knew her background and where her family came from. She knew she was a Cherokee Freedman, a descendant of former slaves, and that she deserved to have full tribal citizenship, just like other native Cherokees. That’s why she was surprised to get a rejection letter when she tried to enroll more than
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